Lindsay Shepherd
Investigative Journalism Fellow, @TrueNorthCentre. Campus Free Speech Fellow, @JCCFCanada.
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Many operating rooms are empty as patients wait in pain after surgeries cancelled
As some hospital operating rooms sit empty in anticipation of more COVID-19 patients, Canadians with postponed elective surgeries are forced to wait in pain.
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Some Canadian hospital operating rooms are 30-50% empty...
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I joined in on Sunday's anti-lockdown protest in Vancouver – True North
Many of the participants were individuals concerned about their kids’ educations, the future of small businesses and government overreach.
5 cases of people fined for not social distancing – True North
This is only the beginning...
SHEPHERD: Do Canadians like being controlled? – True North
True North’s Lindsay Shepherd warns that we should be wary of the calls to limit our freedoms during the pandemic.
SHEPHERD: Ramped-up international student recruitment is about profit and greed – True North
Many stories have come out over the past year highlighting the underbelly of the international student boom.
Does Paw Patrol encourage our kids to embrace capitalism? | CBC News
King's University College criminology professor Liam Kennedy dissected the popular children's TV show and shared his research in a paper just published in the journal, Crime Media Culture.
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This article represents the state of arts degrees so perfectly.
Choose a cultural text (e.g. TV show, film), & write a paper applying the terms "problematic", "structural barriers", "capitalism", and "neoliberalism."
That's it.
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SHEPHERD: The grassroots revival of women taking on Bill C-16 – True North
Lindsay Shepherd speaks to three Canadian women who are fighting to get Bill C-16 repealed or modified, as the bill enables biological males who self-identify as women to enter female-designated spaces.
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For my latest article, I spoke with three of the women who are on the frontlines of the fight to get Bill C-16 modified or repealed. @JetSkiBum01 @JenniferAnne_s @cawsbar
So far, not many politicians are keen to reopen the discussion on this bill.
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All I dream of is becoming a tradwife | Spectator USA
I couldn’t imagine a life better than one that would allow me to write books while staying home with my children. The life of a tradwife is for me
SHEPHERD: A mandatory high school English class that studies only indigenous authors? – True North
That doesn’t sound like a “celebration of diversity.”
Ways of Knowing Episode 3: Hannah McGregor
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@KalinaChristoff @hkpmcgregor Link to full episode: pwias.ubc.ca/announcements/…
Mentioned in episode (even if not by name): @profmarkcollard @SpaceRational @FrancesWiddows1 @preta_6 @gidyvr @JulieRei
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CBC faces complaint by migrant workers groups over accusations of racism, harming migrants – True North
The CBC got a taste of what it’s like to be called racist and bigoted simply for doing research and reporting.
'We killed this chick' | Maclean's | DECEMBER 16, 1996
A Regina murder trial has racial undercurrents
Poet cancels speech in Regina after uproar over his association to a killer
‘I never intended to cause such anguish for the family of Pamela George and the Indigenous community, and for that I am truly sorry,’ George Elliott Clarke said
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Apologies & all else aside, it is very strange that upon finding out your friend murdered an indigenous woman (working as a sex worker) in 1995, the first thing you think to say is you admire "lots of poets who committed crimes of one sort or another."
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UBC faces legal action for canceling Andy Ngo event about Antifa violence - Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
VANCOUVER, BC: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (www.jccf.ca) has issued a demand letter to the President of the University of British Columbia (“UBC”), warning that UBC will face legal action if it does not rescind its cancellation...
Help us bring back The Andrew Lawton Show! – True North
Before starting at True North, Andrew hosted a daily talk radio show that was a must-listen not only for conservativesContinue Reading
Bangladesh closes breast milk bank after Islamist protests
A Bangladesh hospital has suspended plans to give donated breast milk to babies after a backlash by Muslim clerics who said the scheme violated Islamic law.
Monuments removed and places renamed: 5 contentious historical rewrites of 2019 – True North
Here are the five most contentious cases of monuments being removed and places being renamed in 2019.
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My latest column, in which I review five cases of monuments removed and places renamed in 2019.
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